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77 <br /> Option 2 : Build a full service branch library on or close to Oslo Road between 214 Avenue <br /> SW and 43rd Avenue SW (west of South County Park). <br /> Locating a South County library further west than the park on Oslo Road places it <br /> centrally between the eastern and western portions of the area. <br /> Issues <br /> ■ Retail/commercial development is in place at these two intersection , providing <br /> attractors for a library . This section of Oslo Road is still close to schools and the park. <br /> Building a library here will require purchase of land . <br /> ■ A location further west on Oslo Road could also serve West County, if no local <br /> service is available there . The distance from Oslo Road to S . R . 60 is about nine miles . <br /> Several roads that connect the two are planned to be four lane within the next five to <br /> ten years . <br /> Option 3: Build a full service branch library east of the South County Park. <br /> ■r <br /> Locating a South County library east of the South County Park will bring library service <br /> closer to the already developed part of the area. <br /> ■ The county owns extensive acreage at the Hallstrom Homestead off Old Dixie <br /> Highway but county staff does not believe it can be used for a library because of <br /> state government restrictions . <br /> ■ <br /> ■ The county owns extensive acreage at the Hallstrom Homestead off Old Dixie <br /> Highway. The Historical Society is rehabbing the building there ; the land may be an <br /> appropriate site for a library if an entrance off and visibility from a major <br /> thoroughfare is possible. <br /> ■ A library in the eastern part would meet long standing needs of the people who now <br /> live there . <br /> ■■ <br /> Option 4: Build a joint use high school/public branch library. <br /> The Indian River County school system reportedly plans a new high school in South <br /> County. It may be possible to develop a joint use school -public library on their site . <br /> Issues <br /> ■ The location for a new high school has not been decided as of this writing and <br /> location is an important factor in whether or not a joint use library would be <br /> appropriate . <br /> rrr <br /> ■ The questions listed in the discussion of a joint use community college-public library <br /> also apply to a school/public library. <br /> ■ Security is a concern for school/public joint use libraries . Public schools are closed <br /> campuses these days . Public libraries are open to all without question . <br /> ,,. ■ Public libraries have concerns about this type of joint use library. Older people often <br /> object to the numbers of students in the library during the school day, normally a <br /> quiet and peaceful time for seniors to use the service . Service emphasis is also a <br /> r■ <br /> Indian River County Library Master Facilities Plan 2005 - 2025 <br />